Visitors at Yasukuni Jinja (shrine), Japan's shrine to the dead of World War 2 , Kudanshita district of Tokyo, Japan

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Visitors at Yasukuni Jinja (shrine), Japan's shrine to the dead of World War 2 , Kudanshita district of Tokyo, Japan, 2006. the souls of the more than 2,466,000 Japanese soldiers that died in WW2 and have been enshrined in Yasukuni. The shrine continues to be a source of controversy in Asia, between Japan and it's neighbours who claim that every time Prime Minister of Japan visits the shrine to pay his respects to the dead, that he also pays his respects to the souls of the 14 'Class A' war criminals whose souls are also enshrined within the Yasukuni. Asian countries, most noticeably Korea and China have repeatedly asked that Prime Minister refrain from visiting the shrine. The yellow lanterns hold the names of those that died in WW2, and are paid for by their surviving families.

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Size: 3072px × 2048px
Location: Tokyo Japan
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
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